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The government is being urged to urgently work to restore confidence in the domestic market to enable it to raise long-term capital to fund new and ongoing projects. It is also expected to work expeditiously to complete negotiations with…

An economist and professor of finance has called on the government to prioritize agribusiness and agro-processing when it receives the next tranche of $ 600 million dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in November.…

In the last couple of years, the government has been heavily dependent on borrowing through treasury bills (T-Bills) to raise the needed funds to support its activities. This is because the doors to the international capital markets…

A 19-year-old level 200 law student at the University of Ghana(UG) has been reported dead from an induced injection at the Ewim Polyclinic in Cape Coast. Nana Obeng Owusu Junior reportedly died at about 7 p.m. on Monday, October 16,…

Oil prices have fallen back slightly on the news that the U.S. plans to ease sanctions on Venezuela's oil exports, but geopolitical tension in the Middle East will keep oil markets on edge. Chart of the Week…

The COP28 climate summit and the world should focus the debate on how to cut emissions, not on reducing oil and gas production, Saudi Aramco’s chief executive Amin Nasser said on Tuesday. “The focus should be on emissions. Today the…

When the Ugandan and Tanzanian governments announced the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project, it elicited very different reactions. Some cheered the news that would add Uganda to the world's oil producer club and move its crude to…

The government has given an assurance that it will restrict itself to budgeted expenditure, despite 2024 being an election year. The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, who gave the assurance at a meeting in London on Monday, October…

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has indicated that the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme has been successfully completed, providing much-needed breathing space. This quells any speculation that the DDEP has not ended. Updating…

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that an agreement in principle with Eurobond holders is expected to be reached by the end of the year. “Discussions have been ongoing for some time with creditor groups and their…